Baku: Iranian agent will appear before court

A preliminary investigation of the criminal case against the captain of the Caspian Naval Fleet Zakhir Askurov, accused of treason, was completed.

As Haqqın.az became known, the materials of the criminal case were sent for consideration to the Baku court for serious crimes. The criminal case is in the production of judge Siyavusha Gadzhiev.

Note that Zakhir Askurov was arrested by the State Security Service in November last year.

According to the prosecution, askerov, during the receipt of religious education in the city, Kum entered secret cooperation with representatives of the Iranian special services. Askerov collected information about foreign companies and representative offices of foreign states in Azerbaijan, about the place and time of conducting the exercises of the Navy at the Caspian, about goods delivered to oil platforms, transmitting the indicated information on a mobile phone, as well as directly during a meeting with his curators in Iran. Askerov was held accountable under article 274 (state treason) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.